Prolific shoplifter who failed to follow court's community order is sent down by magistrates
A 44-year-old repeat shoplifter has been jailed for 15 weeks for failing to engage with the probation service under a community order.
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Mark Robert Preece of Farm Lodge Grove, in Malinsgate, Telford, was sent down by magistrates in Kidderminster on Monday after they revoked the community order and re-sentenced him for a total of 17 offences.
Preece had been sentenced in August last year for multiple acts of shoplifting including four packs of cheese and a packet of white tac, razors and a charger from Home Bargains, two packs of sirloin steaks, a pack of rump steak and a crate of cheese, to the value of £76.25, from a Telford Co-op.
Bottles of wine and other alcohol from stores including the Co-op and Spar shops in Telford were also a target. He also stole food, including hot dogs and sausage rolls from the Co-op.
